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Outbound Training – Leadership and Team Building Overview: The outbound training program is aimed at helping participants understand critical elements of

Leadership and Team Building.

During the training program participants will be assessed and trained in their strategic and

creative thinking skills.

Objectives of the Program:

• Strategy Implementation Process

• Communication Effectiveness

• Team Effectiveness

• Goal Orientation

• Role of individual members

• Dealing with Change

• Decision Making

• People skills and Management

TRAINING TOPIC SUB-TOPICS

The Importance of Team-Work

1. Why work in teams?

2. Stages of Team Development

3. Team trust

Leadership

1. Leadership styles for each stage of team

development

2. Giving & Receiving Feedback

3. Strategy & Execution of strategy

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Methodology: • The teams’ performances are judged based on the following parameters:

I. Strategy and Creativity

II. Leadership & Team Communication

III. Team Management

IV. Team Cohesion and Time Management

V. Management of Conflict

Description of Some Activities for the Two Days:

S. No Activity Objective Description De-brief

1 Crossover To help understand the importance of strategic planning and implementation of strategy

Participants are asked to work in a human puzzle where they are challenged to think strategically while on the execution floor.

o Strategy o Team

Communication o Balancing

planning & Implementation

o Driving teams towards implementation of strategic vision

2 Magic steps To help participants understand the first stage of team development – ‘Forming’ the team

Participants work in teams and have to use the ‘magic steps’ to cross an imaginary acid river

o Leadership o Motivation o Team cohesion o Synergy o Strategy o Knowledge

sharing 3 Balancing

balloons To help participants understand the importance of ‘synergy’ in teams

Participants work in teams and have to keep a set of balloons in the air without letting them touch the ground

o Synergy o Inter-

dependence o Coordination o Allocating tasks

based on skills and abilities

o Supporting /

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motivation 4 Joining of team

members To help participants understand the stages of team building in a short and succinct manner

Participants work in teams and have to ‘join’ themselves based on a set of instructions given

o Leadership o Strategy o Evolution of

norms o Prioritization of

work among the team

5 Puzzle race To help participants understand the importance of open minded thinking, brainstorming and rotation of responsibilities

Participants work in teams and have to solve as many puzzles as they can (of varying difficulties) within 40 minutes

o Analytical thinking

o Creative thinking o Understanding

the strengths of co-workers

o Distribution of work

6 Mat relay To help participants understand the importance of co-working with each other based on individual strengths

Participants work in teams and race with other teams to complete a relay race where they cannot put their feet on the ground and have use only the mats provided

o Motivation o Understanding

the strengths of co-workers

o Leadership o Strategy

7 Leader’s Walk To help participants understand the importance of Leadership guidance in times of uncertainty

The team leader has to guide blindfolded team members from the start line to the finish line of an obstacle course, without physically touching them.

o Leadership o Leadership

communication o Sharing the

vision o Team trust

8 The blind leading the blind

To help participants understand that team building is about all members of the team moving toward the same goal

Participants work in teams. They are blindfolded and are asked to form a shape with the material given. They can verbally communicate with each other but cannot look at what they or others are doing.

o Leadership o Synergy o The importance

of sharing information to everyone in the team

o Team trust o Team

communication

9 Tower building To help participants implement the

Teams compete with each other to build the

o Managing Resources

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learning gained during the course of the day

tallest possible tower using only the resources given to them within a 20 minute time frame

o Time Management

o Delegation o Strategy o Co-ordination o Leadership o Team

communication o Motivation

10 Pat on the back To help participants understand the importance of sharing and giving positive feedback

Participants go around the room writing positive feedback for their colleagues

o The importance of positive feedback

11 Jail Break To help participants understand the importance of communication across levels of an organization in order to effectively implement strategies

Participants work in teams and are asked to coordinate in order for 3 sub-teams to reach a target

o Strategic communication across management levels

o Guiding team members

o Team coordination

12 2 Person Trust Fall

To help participants to understand the importance of trust while working in a team

Participants are supposed to free fall backwards and trust their partners to catch them and break their fall. Any movement of their legs or hands to save themselves result in disqualification and non-completion of the task

o Importance of Trust

o Ways to develop trust

o Strategy o Inter-

dependence

13 Egg Missile To help participants understand the importance of collective decision making and team-work

Teams are given eggs and material. The objective is to throw the egg as far as possible without breaking it, using the material provided to wrap the egg

o Strategy o Resource

management o Time

management o Conflict

resolution o Team-work o Planning o Decision-making

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14 The Matrix To help participants understand the importance of co-working with each other based on individual strengths

Participants work in teams and race with other teams to have to find the right path through a maze with no verbal communication allowed between team members

o Leading without title in situations where the strategy is not clear

o Motivation o Understanding

the strengths of co-workers

o Strategy and execution

15 Centipede Race To help participants understand the importance of synergy and coordination in teams

All team members have their legs tied together at their ankles and they have to race with other teams

o Trust o Co-ordination

and Inter-dependence

o Strategy o Planning o Communication o Synergy

MMM’s Strategy:

• Break the groups into teams. The size of the group will be dependant on the number of

participants. This team composition will remain the same throughout the entire workshop.

• Each team will be monitored by the same assigned trainer throughout. This will enable us to

identify the each team’s strengths, weaknesses and repeated patterns. This allows us to

provide feedback tailored to the needs of each team.

Disclaimer to be given to participants with regards physical ailments like weak hearts, back

problems, pregnancy etc.